Friday March 30, 2007

Today in HUMANITIES we:

• Finished working on our Jigsaw - the experts taught the other groups!

Today in MATH we:

• Talked about Ratios & Rates - what are they?
• How many examples did you think of?
• HOMEWORK: Look around you - how many ways do ratios & rates show show themselves in your everyday life?

Today in SCIENCE we:

• Talked about the dinasaurs (sia7 p 426).
• How/why do YOU think they became extinct? WHY do you think this?
• What is authentic evidence?
• Our next unit is INTERACTIONS and ECOSYSTEMS: how do you think the extinction of the dinasours relates to this unit as well as PLANET EARTH?

HAVE A GREAT SPRING BREAK!

Thursday March 29, 2007

Today in HUMANITIES we:

• Worked on a "Jigsaw" - you become the experts.
• Your group made notes & came up with 10 questions.
• The topics were: Natural Resources, Securing the Land, Building the Iron Road, Farming the Frontier, & Helping Industry
• Are you an EXPERT on your topic?

Today in MATH we:

• Got our Number Operations with Integers Unit Finals back & did corrections in Black or Blue pen.
• Read mp7 p 171-174: Ratio & Rate

Today in SCIENCE we:

• Did our Planet Earth Unit Final - how did you do?
• Listened to a song about the rock cycle......did you get it all right on your test?

Wednesday March 28, 2007

Today in HUMANITIES we:

• Finished our Environment & Active Citizenship presentations - make sure everything is handed in
• Did a chapter 8 quiz
• Handed in our Louis Riel assignments

Today in MATH we:

• Did a percent unit final - how do you think you did? The questions were taken directly from your homework. Did you ask or come for help when you needed it?

Today in SCIENCE we:

• Did our final review for the Planet Earth unit final which is TOMORROW.
• Can you answer all of your review questions?
  

Tuesday March 27, 2007

Today in HUMANITIES we:

• Worked on our chapter 8 project: Was Louis Reil a traitor or a hero? Why ore why not.
• Brainstorm, Draft, Edit & Publish.
• Chapter 8 quiz TOMORROW.

Today in MATH we:

• Did some more percent review.
• Unit Final TOMORROW!!
• Don't forget about ROUNDING & WORD PROBLEMS.

Today in SCEINCE we:

• Did some review for our Planet Earth unit final on THURSDAY.
• sia7 p 431 #21-26 THINK questions. Complete sentences required.

ALL THE REST:

• We HANDED IN and did our PRESENTATIONS for our ENVIRONMENT & ACTIVE CITIZENSHIP projects today.

Monday March 26, 2007

Today in HUMANITIES we:

• Reviewed our homework chapter 8 questions v&v p 192 #1, 2
• Handed in our ELA activities
• Began our chapter 8 project
• Test on WEDNESDAY

Today in MATH we:

• Reviewed percent, what do you do to calculate percent if you got 64/72 on a test?
• Homework: Review questions mp7 p166-167 #2-72 EVEN only. Due TUESDAY.
• Due tomorrow: Your activities about Grizzly Bears & percent (mp7 p 162-163) that you started on Friday.
• You had LOTS of class time, you should have most of this DONE.
• PERCENT unit final on WEDNESDAY.

Today in SCIENCE we:

• Handed in our vocabulary short stories.
• Did review questions #15-20 sia 7 p 430. These are THINK questions and require a THOUGHTFUL answer. Complete sentences are mandatory.
• PLANET EARTH UNIT FINAL ON THURSDAY.

REMINDERS:

• Your ENVIRONMENT & ACTIVE CITIZENSHIP PROJECT IS DUE ON TUESDAY!! WE DO PRESENTATIONS ON TUESDAY!!

• Hey where is RUPERTSLAND?? What YEAR is this map from?

Friday March 23, 2007

Today we:

• Finished up our Environment & Active citizenship projects. ALL final products are due on TUESDAY.
• Tuesday is presentation day.

Reminders:

• On MONDAY ELA activities 1&2 are due AND your Science vocabulary short story is due.

Thursday March 22, 2007

Today in HUMANITIES we:

• Did some ELA activites.
• Read: Sedna Mother of the Sea Animals
• Completed questions #1-6 on our handout.
• What is a monologue? What is a letter?

Today in MATH we:

• Had a Percent Quiz.
• Worked with percents & Grizzly Bears: mp7 p 162-163.
• Reminder: Your 7 percent worksheets are due tomorrow.

Today in SCIENCE we:

• Worked on our vocabulary stories. Published copy DUE MONDAY.
• Did reveiw questions #9-14, sia7 p430. DUE FRIDAY.

All the rest:

• Your Active Citizenship & Environment projects are due on TUESDAY. You have some time on Friday to finish your CAPES projects & presentations...and that is all the time you will get.
• Percent worksheets due FRIDAY!

Wednesday March 21, 2007

In our ACTIVE CITIZENSHIP & ENVIRONEMENT PROJECT we:

• Worked on the first DRAFT of our project summary & Edited it.
• Worked on our Capes Project
• There is a checklist on the whiteboard of the tasks that must be completed this week. You are responsible for making sure they are done.
  1) Publishing your summary, 2) Finishing Sketchbook Activities, 3) Collect, Gather & Compile Evidence, 4) Publish Your Journal, 5) Work on your Presentation
• **Your projects & presentations are due on TUESDAY March 27, 2007. **
  

Today in HUMANITIES we:

• Talked about Louis Riel. Who was he? Why is he an important person in the history of Canada?
• Did lesson Number 8 - concerns of the Metis.
• Homework: Make sure you have ALL of your chapter 8 activites & questions DONE.

Today in MATH we:

• Reviewed Percent. Any Problems? Come for help!
• Your worksheets are due on FRIDAY. You will staple all 7 worksheets together with your answers & don't forget to SHOW YOUR WORK!

Today in SCIENCE we:

• Read about DANCING ELEPHANTS. What are they? Why do we use them in Alberta?
• Planet Earth Review: sia7 p 430 #1. First Draft Due Thursday, Edited Draft Friday, Published Draft Monday. Please underline all of the listed vocabulary words you were required to use.

ALL THE REST:

• BRING YOUR CAPES MATERIALS - this is a large & important part of your project!
• ** Your ACTIVE CITIZENSHIP & ENVIRONMENT PROJECTS & PRESENTATIONS are DUE TUESDAY MARCH 27, 2007**

Hey - What is this picture showing??

Monday & Tuesday March 19 & 20, 2007

In our ACTIVE CITIZENSHIP & ENVIRONEMENT PROJECT we:

• Worked on the first DRAFT of our project summary & Edited it.
• Worked on our Capes Project
• There is a checklist on the whiteboard of the tasks that must be completed this week. You are responsible for making sure they are done.
• 1) Publishing your summary, 2) Finishing Sketchbook Activities, 3) Collect, Gather & Compile Evidence, 4) Publish Your Journal, 5) Work on your Presentation
• Your projects, including your presentations are due on TUESDAY March 27, 2007.
• BRING YOUR CAPES MATERIALS - this is a large & important part of your project!

Today in HUMANITIES we:

• Had a lesson about the MANITOBA ACT. Who did it not include? Which act did include this group?
• Read & Make Notes: v&v p. 187-192, Think it Through p 192 #1-2
• Answer the Question: What was Louis Riel's role in preserving the Metis identity?

Today in MATH we:

• Worked on Percent
• Worksheet: Finding Percent of a Number (milk cartons) - Due Wednesday March 21.

Today in SCIENCE we:

• Handed in our "Fossil CSI" assignments.
• Worked on Planet Earth Unit Review. SIA7 p 430 #2-8

REMINDERS:

• You will be handing in your percent worksheet packages on FRIDAY. You have been working on them for the last 2 weeks. Make sure you have finished them ALL.
• Bring your CAPES MATERIALS!!!!

Thursday & Friday March 15 & 16, 2007

In our ACTIVE CITIZENSHIP & ENVIRONEMENT PROJECT we:

• Continued with our research - you should be nearly done
• Started work on the first DRAFT of our project summary
• Started editing our project summaries
• Desgined our CAPES project

In HUMANITIES we:

• Did lesson #8 - the Metis
• Homework: Read v&v p 185-186 - Take notes, Think It Through p 186 #1-2 DUE: Monday

In MATH we:

• Reviewed Percent
• Did some questions - Worksheet 5.3 Percents as Fractions & Decimals Due: Monday

In SCIENCE we:

• Did Fossil CSI: Your report is due MONDAY.
• A person tries to sell you the object you saw in class as a "real" fossil. Do you buy it as a "real" fossil? Why or Why not? What evidence do you have that it is a real fossil? What evidence do you have that it is a fake? Support your theory/ideas with facts. Remember "motive" is a reason to sell it to you as a fake - this is different from evidence.

IMPORTANT REMINDER:

• On Thursday you got a list of all of your missing, incomplete, or zero assignments. You have until MONDAY MARCH 19, 2007 to submit them for marks.
  

Wednesday March 14, 2007

Today in our ACTIVE CITIZENSHIP & ENVIRONEMENT PROJECT we:

• Worked on our research.
• Went over how to write our one page summary.

Today in HUMANITIES we:

• Did a second edit of our MYTH.
• Started a sketch of an illustration to go with our myth.
• Published copy of myth with an illustration is due FRIDAY!

Today in MATH we:

• Worked on percents.
• The iceberg worksheet: Percents as Decimals and Fractions

Today in SCIENCE we:

• Is that fossil real or is it a fake?
• Make a list. What are your reasons for and against? Why!? Why!? Why!?

ALL THE REST:

• We are getting close to the end of our project.....how far are you? Are you using your time wisely??
  

Tuesday March 13, 2007

Today in our ACTIVE CITIZENSHIP & ENVIRONEMENT PROJECT we:

• Finished our sketchbook activities
• Planned our CAPES project
• Made a journal entry about active citizenship
• DON'T FORGET: You need to have your materials for your CAPES project with you TOMORROW!

Today in HUMANITIES we:

• Did lesson #5 - Who was Lord Selkirk? Why was he important to Canadian History?
• Read AND do Notes: v&v p 180-184
• DO: v&v p 184 Think it Through #1-2

Today in MATH we:

• Reviewed percents. Do you know how to change a decimal to a percent? A fraction to a decimal? A percent to a fraction?
• Homework: Pizza Worksheet

Today in SCIENCE we:

• Talked about Eras - what are they?
• Talked about the age of the Earth - what is the approximate age?
• What happened in the different Eras?
• Looked at a "fossil" - was it real? Why or why not?

ALL THE REST:

• REMEMBER TO BRING YOUR MATERIAL FOR YOUR CAPES PROJECT ON WEDNESDAY!!!!!

Monday March 12, 2007

Today for our Active Citizenship & Environment Project we:

• Worked on our research.
• Were introduced to our CAPES artist & project.
• REMEMEBER to bring your objects for WEDNESDAY!

Today in HUMANITIES we:

• Proof Read our Myths

Today in MATH we:

• Worked on percents, fractions, and decimals
• Worksheet due Tuesday

Today in SCIENCE we:

• Worked on our projects

Wednesday March 7, 2007

Today in our ACTIVE CITIZENSHIP & ENVIRONEMENT PROJECT we:

• Finalized our research questions
• Did some library work research
• worked on our sketch book activities
• What will YOU do for the environment?

Today in HUMANITIES we:

• lesson #4 (role of the metis)
• Read v&v p 177-179 & take notes (your choice of style)
• Complete think it through A-D v&v p 179 DUE: TUESDAY March 13

Today in MATH we:

• Reviewed percent
• Handed in problem of the week #13
• Got problem of the week #14 Due Friday March 16, 2007
• HOMEWORK: mp7 p 147 #1-18 DUE MONDAY March 12, 2007

Today in SCIENCE we:

• Reviewed fast/slow land changes
• What is a boundary? Why do we have volcanos, earthquakes & mountains?
• Homework: REVEW WHAT YOU KNOW ABOUT PLANET EARTH

Tuesday March 6, 2007

Today in our Active Citizenship and the Environment Project we:

• Learned about how to use a REFERENCE sheet in the library
• Confirmed our RESEARCH QUESTION
• Began some research using the print resources available in the library
• Worked on completing all our sketchbook activities: Definitions of Active Citizenship, Interactions, and Ecosystems; Political Cartoon; K-W-L chart; My Interactions with the Environment
• Worked on writing our journal entry for Goals, Action, and Looking Ahead

Today in Humanities we:

• Worked on our First Draft of our MYTH
• HOMEWORK: Finish First Draft of Myth by Monday March 12, 2007

Today in Math we:

• Wrote notes on PERCENTS
• Worked on a worksheet on Percents
• HOMEWORK: Finish the worksheet on Percents

Today in Science we:

• Worked on Mind Maps for Section 1 and 2
• HOMEWORK: Finish Mind Maps

TOMORROW YOU SHOULD BE PREPARED TO DISCUSS SECTIONS 1 and 2.

Monday March 5, 2007

Today in our Active Citizenship and the Environment Project we:

• Decided on an ISSUE
• Narrowed our topic to a RESEARCH QUESTION
• Had a library orientation to find out what print and non-print resources are available
• Worked on our GOALS, ACTION, and LOOKING AHEAD

Today in Humanities we:

• Handed in our Editorial Comments
• Organized our Writer's Workshop folders
• Learned about where the Metis settled (Red River Settlement)
• Homework: Read VOICES on page and answer the RESPOND questions; Read pages 173-176 and answer all questions in text; Think it Through Question #2 page 176

Today in Math we:

• Learned about Percents and Ratios
• Worked on a worksheet
• Homework: Finish Percents worksheet

Today in Science we:

• Mind mapped concepts around Planet Earth
• Homework: Finish concept maps

March 2, 2007

Today in HUMANITIES we:

• Worked on our ELA activity from yesterday - The Revenge of the Blood Thirsty Giant
• Homework: Short Story Activity #1, #5, and #6 (BRAINSTORM)
• Think about a plot diagram: How will you set up your Myth?

Today in MATH we:

• Did our Operations With Integers Unit Final
• Got Problem of the Week #13 (mp7 p 104 #1) Due Wednesday March 7, 2007
• Write out the step by step method YOU used to get the solution! Make sure you are clear with what you did to get the dinosaurs in the right rooms!

Today in SCIENCE we:

• Finished our Math Final
• Homework is to Review sections 3 & 4 of your Planet Earth Unit
• You will have a quiz next week!

Today for our ENVIRONMENT & ACTIVE CITIZENSHIP PROJECTS we:

• Finished our +/- Interactions Charts.
• Worked on our Political Cartoons about the environment.

ALL THE REST:

• What does it mean to use class time effectively?
• How do your actions affect others?

Thursday March 1, 2007

Today in HUMANITIES we:

• Had a vocabulary quiz on v&v chapter 8.
• Did lesson #2 (v&v chapter 8, Metis), brain stormed values, stereotypes
• Why is it important for governments to listen to their citizens' opinions and respect their rights?
• What is the difference between and REBELLION and a RESISTANCE?
• Homework Read v&v p170, complete the "try it" activity - you should also highlight key phrases that express the writer's opinion.

Today in MATH we:

• Did a quiz...how did you do? What can you do to prepare yourself for your Unit Final?
• DO: mp7 p 138 #1-68 EVEN, p 140 #1- 45 ODD, p 141 #1-5
• Unit Final FRIDAY!!
  

Today in SCIENCE we:

• Got Quiz #2 back. How did you do? What can you do better?
• Finish corrections on quiz #1 & #2. Hand in your corrections.
• Do sia7 p 414 c&r #1-2, p 424 c&r #1-4, p 425 ayl #1-6 YOU HAD LOTS OF CLASS TIME TO DO THIS, YOU SHOULD BE DONE.

Today for our ENVIRONMENT & ACTIVE CITIZENSHIP PROJECTS we:

• Took notes on Political Cartoons.
• Started Political Cartoons in our sketchbooks.
• Worked on finishing our pre-activities in our sketchbooks.

ALL THE REST:

• It was an OPEN DAY for CE & W3 today. NOBODY went. It was your chance to make up a zero!